American Go E-Journal
February 28, 2013
Kiseido Digital has begun publishing a new line of interactive go e-books. The first two books cover the eighth and tenth Kisei Title Matches, in 1984 and 1986, and include Go World's comprehensive commentaries on Cho Chikun's exciting…
February 28, 2013
by None Redmond: My memories of Don Wiener are filled with his kindness, a tenderness which was rarely seen. I especially remember some years ago when he was one of those in the go community who persuaded me to attend the annual U.S. Go…
February 27, 2013
Wenhao Liu 5d (right) topped a 32-player field to win the Twin Cities Winter Go Tournament on February 23. Players ranging from 5-dan to 20-kyu participated in the event, which was cosponsored by the Twin Cities Go Club and the…
February 27, 2013
Time is running out to register for the American Go Honor Society's 14th annual School Team Tournament. On March 16th and 23rd, go clubs from across North America will compete online for glory and prizes. Each school may enter up to…
February 25, 2013
Fifteen-year-old Andrew Lu 6d has just won the Senior Division of the US Youth Go Championships, dethroning Calvin Sun 7d, age 16, who has had a lock on this event for the past six years. Sun seemed almost sure to win again, emerging…
February 25, 2013
The New Jersey Open , to be held at Princeton University in New Jersey March 2-3, will be the second of 2013's NAMT points qualifiers after January's Jujo Jiang Ing Goe tournament in San Francisco. A large tournament with a great…
February 25, 2013
Shi Yue 5P took this year's LG Cup, and his first international title, defeating Won Soengjin 9P in two straight games in the best-of-3 final. Shi became a Chinese professional player 10 years ago, but an international title has…
February 24, 2013
The Ing Foundation has announced its qualifier tournament for the World Youth Go Championships (WYGC), to be held March 9th and 10th. The new tournament has changed many of the requirements, added new prizes, and created a two step…
February 23, 2013
Don Wiener was the fourth person I ever met who played go, but he was my first go player, the first person who truly inhabited the game - he played, he studied, he taught and he organized. I had learned the game from a professor at…
February 23, 2013
“Is it possible to sign up for one email per week that has all the msgs concatenated together from the previous week?” wonders Bill Chiles. Absolutely; just go to "UPDATE YOUR PROFILE" at the bottom of your E-Journal and select the…
February 22, 2013
U.S. pro Andy Liu 1P will play Lee Sedol 9P this Sunday, Feb. 24 (10a EST) in the latest round of the 10-game series between the AGA-Europe pro team and Lee, sponsored by go9dan.com . - photo: Andy Liu (right) receives his 1-dan…
February 22, 2013
The second round of the Pandanet AGA City League will be held this Sunday, February 24. Round 1 winners in the A League were Greater Washington (d. Boston) , Los Angeles (d. New York City) and Vancouver (d. Seattle) . In B League,…
February 22, 2013
Long-time go organizer and mentor Don Wiener passed away on February 21 after a struggle with lung cancer. “We will miss one of American go's true spirits,” said American Go Association President Andy Okun. Wiener (left) , a 6-dan…
February 22, 2013
“I am the go instructor for the Penn State University course mentioned in the article " Penn State Course Studying Go for Insight into Military, Cyber Threats " (2/20 EJ) , writes Paul Wright. “The university press release was sent out…
February 20, 2013
At Penn State’s College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), Stan Aungst is employing the ancient Chinese game of go to help students gain new insight and new methods for countering attacks -- cyber and physical, both foreign…
February 19, 2013
Despite the simplicity of its rules, go remains something of an open problem for the game AI community. In Playing Go with Clojure , Bay Area software developer and go player Zach Tellman discusses the inherent difficulties of the…
February 18, 2013
The Mexican Youth Go Community drew 31 pairs to their first Pair Go Tourney, held in December in Mexico City. "The kids wanted to play go with their parents but they didn't know how, so they asked us for workshops and lessons," reports…
February 18, 2013
“We’ve just put our new extended trailer on YouTube,” reports The Surrounding Game co-director Cole Pruitt. “Plus, thanks to help from several American go contacts, we're working with the Nihon Ki-in to schedule a trip to Japan sometime…
February 17, 2013
The Princeton Go Club will host the 54th annual New Jersey Open the weekend of March 2-3, reports co-director Rick Mott. The 2-day, 5-round event has been running for more than half a century, and on the Princeton campus for 23 years.…
February 17, 2013
A new Korean comic book provides a view of Korean corporate life through the eyes of a former go player. In Misaeng , artist/author Yoon Taeho “ describes the claustrophobic interpersonal relations between employees of Korean…
February 17, 2013
Robert Jasiek has released Positional Judgement 1 / Territory , designed to help go players accurately assess territories in a given position. It also “answers the fundamentally important questions: who is ahead and by how much, what…
February 16, 2013
Thirty go players from North America, South America and Africa have already signed up for the Osaka Go Camp ( Maeda Osaka Go Camp Details Released 2/8 EJ) , June 30-July 20 in Osaka, Japan. Click here for details and to register before…
February 16, 2013
“Most people go to the Hungarian Pastry Shop expecting a little peace and quiet—and maybe a shot of espresso,” wrote Tracey Wang in the Columbia Spectator on February 8 ( Gamers find home at Hungarian Pastry Shop ) . “But on Tuesday…
February 16, 2013
The Cacomo iPhone game is now available in the Apple app store , as of Feb 12th. Cacomo is a casual, go-like card game, where players try to capture each other's stones on a board, but unlike go, players can only play a stone on a spot…
February 15, 2013
When a group of US go players ( 2013 US–Cuba Friendship Trip Planned 9/23/2012 EJ) arrives in Cuba this Friday, it'll be the second visit from the United States in as many months. Former AGA President -- and current American Go…
February 15, 2013
Little Rock, AR: The Little Rock Go Club has been re-started in Arkansas, reports Aulden Murch. “ We have six enthusiastic members so far but have not found a place to meet yet.” In the meantime, reach Murch at…
February 14, 2013
SmartGo is sponsoring the February and March qualifiers for the KGS 2013 Meijin tournament. Smallbird won the 2012 KGS Meijin inaugural effort, with some of the strongest players on the server competing for the final prize: $500 and a…
February 14, 2013
The United States Youth Go Championships (USYGC), held Jan. 19th on KGS pulled in 63 players. The withdrawal of the Ing Foundation from the event did not appear to have any effect on attendance. Kids and teens competed in five…
February 13, 2013
Lee Sedol 9P, the longtime #1-ranked player in Korea, has shocked the go world by announcing in a recent interview that he would “...definitely ret ire and move overseas within three years.” Lee, 29 years old, is still at the top…
February 12, 2013
Aiming to keep its winning streak alive, Canada put on a thrilling come-from-behind victory at the 5th US-Canada Youth Friendship Match, held this past Saturday on KGS and viewed live by over 200 go fans. Featuring the strongest amateur…